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The "Rocket" by Mr Stephenson of Newcastle 1820 - At The Museum of Science South Kensington (1923)
E. McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954)
Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, London
Stone Lithograph
64cm x 102cm
1923
Grade: B+, poster has been archivally linenbacked, restored creases and one long tear into the image right centre.
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Original Vintage poster issued in 1923 as one of a series commissioned by Frank Pick for the London Underground promoting London's principal museums. The artwork by Kauffer (which is signed in the plate and dated 1922) illustrates the Rocket steam engine of Mr Stevenson based on the museum's miniaturized push-button display of Stevenson's prototype engine.
Ref: E. McKnight Kauffer, a designer and his public by Mark Haworth-Booth (V&A Publications 2005), p34 and p120 checklist No. 56.
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